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MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR ROW BOATS.

No. 278,039. Patented May 22,1883.

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UNITE STATES PAT NT OFFICE.

ERNEST w. OPPE, on NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR To AUGUSTE e. OPPE, 0F SAMEPLACE.

MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR ROW-BOATS.

SPECIFICATION fanningpart of Letters Patent. No. 278,039, dated May 22,1883,

Application filed November 3, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ERNEST W. OPPE, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Mirror Attachments for Row Boats, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved mirror attachment to rowboats, bywhich the party rowing can observe directly the objects in the way ofthe boat without turning his head and looking forward over the bow ofthe boat; and theinventiou consists of a row-boat which is provided nearthe stern with an upright supporting-frame attached to the gunwales,said frame carrying an adjustable mirror with ahood or sunshade appliedto the upper part thereof.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 rep resents a perspective view ofa row-boat with my improved mirror attachment, and Fig. 2 is a verticaltransverse section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A in the drawings represents a row-boat .of any suitable construction,and B an upright frame, preferably of yoke shape, which extendstransversely across the boat at or near the stern. The frame B isboltedto the gunwales of the boat, and braced by an inclined rod, B, thatextends from the highestpointot' the frame to the keel, to which latterit is securely bolted, as shown in Fig. 2.

A mirror, G, is adjustably supported by No model.)

means of pivot screws b b on frame B, so as to be set into any desiredheight and inclination as required by the oarsman, according as hedesires to look to a greater or less distance forward. A sunshade orhood, D, is applied to the upper part of the mirror to prevent the raysof the sun from falling directly into the glass and be reflectedthereby. The mirror attach ment forms a great convenience to theoarsman, as he can thereby steer the boat and proceed on his way withgreat facility without turning his head and looking forward from time totime, as has been the case when rowing without a coxswain heretofore.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desireto secure byLetters Patent- 1. The combination, with a row-boat, of asupporting-frame at or near the stern of the boat, and of an adjustablemirrorsupported by the frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a row-boat, of a supporting frame arranged ator near the stern, a mirror applied adjustably tothe same, and providedwith a hood or sunshade, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST OPPE.

Witnesses PAUL G OEPEL, SIDNEY MANN.

